Calder Iron Works Signal Box [NBR]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Calder Iron Works Signal Box [NBR] (-1911)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.Description
The original route of the railway passed right through the Calder Iron Works. The deviated line was north of the Calder Iron Works. This signal box was at the point where the deviation (over the Dixon Cut of the Monkland Canal) rejoined the original route at the east end of the deviation. The box was at the east end of double track and on the north side of line. The west end of the deviation was close to Whifflet Central Junction. The original alignment became a yard for the iron works.
There was a level crossing with the Calder Iron Works lines - just east of box. Briton Pit, on the Calder Iron Works lines, was just to the north.
The connection between the original and deviated routes at the east end by box was later taken out. The box burned down in 1911. The works closed in 1921.
Little remains here today following subsequent developments and landscaping.
Tags
Junction signal boxAliases
Calder Iron Works Signal Box| Nearby stations Calder Iron Works [Station] Carnbroe Calder Cairnhill Bridge Whifflet [CR] Whifflet Whifflet [NB] Whifflet Lower Whifflet Upper Coatdyke Kipps Coatbridge Central [NB] Airdrie Coatbridge Central Coatbridge Sunnyside | Calder Factory Calder Iron Works Cairnhill Iron and Steel Works Meadow Works Carnbroe Iron Works Speedwell Works (Wire Rope) Calder Tube Works Carnbroe Colliery Speedwell Iron Works Union Tube Works Whifflet Central Junction Speedwell Wire Works Quarry Pit Sheepford Viaduct Tourist/other Calder Iron Works Signal Box [CR] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
| The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and associated railways |
